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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Bitter Grounds, and Other People.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who are the other three men at the club on the night they tell each other ghost stories?
(a) Neil (a writer), Martyn (a drunk), and Daniel (who never told them his profession).
(b) Sam (a drunk), Martyn (a plastic surgeon), and Ollie (a mechanic).
(c) Paul (an actor), Martyn (a gaming magazine editor), and an unnamed old man.
(d) Paul (a police inspector), Robert (a writer), and an unnamed old man.
2. Why was Amelia on her way to Lord Falconmere's house?
(a) To beg him to marry her.
(b) To work as a cook in his kitchen.
(c) To claim her birthright.
(d) To work as a governess for his children.
3. Why did she come to this house instead?
(a) The coach driver pushed her from the coach in the woods and drove away without her.
(b) She lost her way and wandered in the woods, eventually seeing the house.
(c) She was thrown out of Lord Falconmere's house and had nowhere else to go.
(d) She was sent a mysterious letter about her birthright, so decided to stop here on the way.
4. What is the first story about?
(a) A little boy who is dared by some other boys to knock on the door of a strange playhouse. The playhouse traps the other boys and they are never seen again.
(b) A chef who changes a customer's order to suit the wine, but the customer ends up having an allergy to the food.
(c) A boy who plays a cello very badly, and one day manages to inexplicably play fantastic music on it, but breaks it the next day and can never play it properly again.
(d) A woman who falls in love with a man at an airport by looking at the x-ray of his luggage.
5. In the third ghost story, what are the three older boys looking at when the narrator sees them on his way home from school?
(a) An old wrecked car.
(b) A dead bird.
(c) A treasure map.
(d) A pornographic magazine.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does the old man tell Amelia she will find in the house?
2. How did the narrator first meet the detective?
3. What does the narrator do the next day?
4. What do the two of them do?
5. Whom does the narrator meet at a motel, and offer to give a ride to?
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